Protocol (14 points)
90%LI01 · LI03 · LI09 · LI11 · ST22 · ST25 · SP04 · SP15 · SP16 · BL25 · BL27 · BL28 · BL37 · BL39
LI01Metal Yang

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🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 商陽 (shāng yáng)
🎯 Location: On the radial side of the index finger about 0.1 thumb width posterior to the corner of the nail.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in patients with bleeding disorders; contraindicated in serious infections of finger.
🛡️ Treats: Cough, Shortness of Breath, Tinnitus, Heat, Chest Fullness
LI03Third Space

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🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 三間 (sān jiān)
🎯 Location: When loose fist is made point is on the radial side of the index finger in the depression the proximal to the head of the 2nd metacarpal bone.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Fever, Diarrhea, Tinnitus, Common Cold, Heat
LI09Upper Ridge

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🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 上廉 (shàng lián)
🎯 Location: On the line joining LI05 and LI11, 3 thumb widths below cubital crease.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in local inflammation.
🛡️ Treats: Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, Abdominal Pain, Shoulder Pain, Pain
LI11Pond At The Bend

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🗺️ Meridian: Large Intestine Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 曲池 (qū chí)
🎯 Location: When elbow is flexed point is in the depression the at the lateral end of the transverse cubital crease midway between LU05 and lateral epicondyle of the humerus.
⚠️ Cautions: Monitor blood pressure and avoid strong stimulation where hypertension is uncontrolled or unstable; hypertensive crisis is a medical emergency. Avoid excessive stimulation in weak patients.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Dizziness, Heat, Vomiting, Abdominal Bloating
ST22Shutting The Gate

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 關門 (guān mén)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths above the umbilicus 2 thumb widths lateral to the CV11.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid in acute abdominal conditions.
🛡️ Treats: Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Constipation, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Pain
ST25Celestial Pivot

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🗺️ Meridian: Stomach Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 天樞 (tiān shū)
🎯 Location: 2 thumb widths lateral to the center of the umbilicus.
⚠️ Cautions: Acute appendicitis is a surgical emergency – treatment here is adjunctive at most and must never delay surgical assessment. Avoid needling over the gravid uterus after the first trimester; where used in pregnancy, needle shallowly and only on a clear obstetric indication.
🛡️ Treats: Poor Appetite, Diarrhea, Constipation, Vomiting, Abdominal Bloating
SP04Grandfather Grandson

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 公孫 (gōng sūn)
🎯 Location: In the depression the distal and inferior to the base of the 1st metatarsal bone at the junction of the red and white skin.
⚠️ Cautions: Contraindicated during pregnancy.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Jaundice, Depression, Vomiting, Abdominal Bloating
SP15Great Horizontal

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 大橫 (dà héng)
🎯 Location: 4 thumb widths lateral to the center of the umbilicus lateral to the rectus abdominis.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Common Cold, Constipation, Qi Stagnation, Damp
SP16Abdominal Lament

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🗺️ Meridian: Spleen Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 腹哀 (fù āi)
🎯 Location: 3 thumb widths above the center of the umbilicus, 4 thumb widths lateral to the anterior midline.
⚠️ Cautions: Caution in pregnancy.
🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Dysentery, Pain Around Navel, Blood in Stool, Undigested Food in Stool
BL25Large Intestine Shu Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 大腸俞 (dà cháng shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the GV03 at the level of the lower border of the spinous process of the 4th lumbar vertebra.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Common Cold, Constipation, Abdominal Bloating, Abdominal Pain
BL27Small Intestine Shu Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 小腸俞 (xiǎo cháng shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the 1st posterior sacral foramen.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Constipation, Dysentery, Urinary Retention, Hemorrhoids
BL28Bladder Shu Point

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 膀胱俞 (páng guāng shū)
🎯 Location: 1.5 thumb widths lateral to the du mai at the level of the 2nd posterior sacral foramen.
⚠️ Cautions: Avoid deep perpendicular needling.
🛡️ Treats: Diarrhea, Qi Deficiency, Constipation, Abdominal Pain, Swelling
BL37Gate Of Abundance

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 殷門 (yīn mén)
🎯 Location: 6 thumb widths below BL36 on the line joining BL36 and BL40.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Back Pain, Hip Pain, Pain, Thigh Pain, Sciatica
BL39Outside Of The Crease

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🗺️ Meridian: Bladder Meridian
🇨🇳 Chinese: 委陽 (wěi yáng)
🎯 Location: Lateral to the BL40 on the medial border of the tendon of the biceps femoris.
⚠️ Cautions: No specific contraindications.
🛡️ Treats: Constipation, Chest Fullness, Abdominal Pain, Leg Pain, Pain
Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report.
Yang Yong-Xuan, clinical point-selection notes